(Photo: REUTERS / Olivia Harris)People chant anti-Israel slogans at a pro Palestine rally in Kuala Lumpur August 2, 2014. Israel launched its Gaza offensive on July 8 in response to a surge of rocket attacks by Gaza's dominant Hamas Islamists. Hamas said that Palestinians would continue confronting Israel until its blockade on Gaza was lifted.

A Malaysian secondary school student is under police investigation for sedition after allegedly liking an "I love Israel" Facebook page.

On Sunday, some Muslim non-governmental organizations launched a month-long campaign to boycott McDonald's, Starbucks, HSBC, Coca-Cola and Nestlé, among other companies, which sell their products in Israel.